A hobby is, of course, an abomination, as are all consuming interests and passions that do not lead directly to large, personal gain.
The big question is, are we letting ourselves become what we wish to become?
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
Every problem is a gift - without problems we would not grow.
Every relationship, every situation is part of a divinely created and highly specific curriculum for your soul growth
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
Settling for what is comfortable is one of the biggest enemies to our enlargement... In every season of life...we need to be committed to enlarging our personal capacity (even when it's not comfortable). We need to refuse to be satisfied with our latest accomplishments, as what we've accomplished is no longer our potential because it has been realized.
The best prescription is knowledge.
Persons who reach the higher rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting, and in every other pursuit get there by following conscientiously and continuously a plan for self-development and growth.
If globalization seeks to bring all of us together, but to do so respecting each person, each individual person's peculiarity, that globalization is good and makes us good and grow and leads to peace.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
Know your value. Confidence breeds success. Act like the person you want to become, and people will start seeing you as that person.
Hand writing causes thinking - the repetition of writing your goal everyday will increase your awareness. The true purpose of a goal is to help you grow.
Don't sacrifice your spirit for wealth. Grow your wealth by first growing your spirit.
We all come to this planet as spiritual beings destined to experience a variety of challenges and situation in order to grow and evolve spiritually.
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.
Be grateful for your difficulties and challenges, for they hold blessings. In fact... Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health personal growth, individuation and self-actualisation.
Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? A thermometer only reflects the temperature of its environment, adjusting to the situation. But a thermostat initiates action to change the temperature in its environment
Negative people present us with an accelereted personal growth opportunity.
Ask yourself - Where do I want to be one year from today? Personal growth is a choice.
We are what we frequently do.
Out of what I had received in my development, I was also able to give. The confidence I gained from personal growth gave me credibility and made me believe I could start developing others. And in that, I found life's greatest joy and reward.
We boil at different degrees.
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